Theoscope

Theoscope

Pre-cinema

Unidentified

Maker

Theophile Lacroix

Theoscope

1901
Wood, metal, paper and glass
Overall: 11 7/16 × 7 1/16 × 18 5/16 in. (29 × 18 × 46.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionWooden, rectangular, hand-crank viewer with images mounted on metal continuous-loop track around two, red cylinders.
Inscriptions Embossed in metal on plate affixed to door on left side of viewer: THEOSCOPE / Stamped in wood on door interior: 164

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